What is the relative price ratio of the two goods

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Problem Statement: Consider two consumption products, manufacturing (Ym) and services (Ys). Suppose individuals have the following preferences: Ym = Ys GDP in the economy is the sum of GDP's in manufacturing and services, Y = pmYm psYs The production functions of the respective sectors are, Ym = AmLm and, Ys = AsLs Lm Ls = L where L is the total stock of labor in the economy (assume that this is notgrowing over time). Labor is free to move between the two production sectorsand receives identical wages in both sectors. Answer the following:

Question 1: What is the relative price ratio (pm/ps) of the two goods as a function of relative technology values(Am and As)? (Hint: Use the fact that wages are equalized across sectors. Since wages are equalized, this means that the value of marginal product (p × MPL) is also equalized.)

Question 2: What is the share of services expenditure sin the economy (psYS/Y) as a function of relative technology values. Suppose initially Am = As, what is the share?
Question 3: What happens if the service technology doubles but manufacturing productivity remains the same, 2Am = As?
Question 4: How would your answer to 1b change if they consumed in different proportions :
Ym = 2Ys
Question 5: Suppose instead of equal quantities, individuals spent equal amounts
on both goods i.e.
psS =1 pmM
How would your answer to 1b change? Do you think this assumption is correct?

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